Author: Andrew Jessop

  • Thierry Ngutegure joins SALT.agency as Head of Data Insights

    SALT.agency is excited to announce that Thierry Ngutegure will join the agency as Head of Data Insights. Arriving as the company’s first Head of Data, Thierry will oversee the building of SALT’s existing data and insights product offering as a complementary service.  With over eight years working across some of the biggest data PR campaigns […]

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  • SALT.agency recognised in Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in international trade

    SALT.agency is proud to announce that it has been recognised in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the category of international trade. Personally approved by Her Majesty The Queen, SALT’s recognition comes for outstanding short-term growth in overseas sales over the last three years. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are among the most prestigious business awards […]

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  • What you need to know about duplicate content

    Duplicate content is a major cause for concern for webmasters and online marketers. If a page is flagged as duplicate content, you run the risk of it vanishing from the search results entirely. However, this does not always happen. In some cases, you might find your page ranks lower in Google Search results than a […]

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  • Does UX matter to SEO?

    Website and server traffic is often divided into two main groups: human users and search engine crawlers, also known as robots. User experience, or UX, focuses on the first of those groups, making sure that your pages load quickly and reliably, and that it’s easy for humans to interact with your content in some way. […]

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  • The definitive guide for internal linking

    Internal links sometimes get left out of the conversation. They’re often not perceived as an integral part of new content generation, but they’re also not created by external link building efforts. That means internal page links sometimes get missed. And that makes them worth a second look, as a way to give your SEO campaigns […]

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  • A guide to URL parameter handling

    URL parameters are a useful way to pass information directly in a hyperlink or via the browser address bar. You’ll see them often on all kinds of websites, after a question mark in the page URL. Parameters can pass data to your analytics software, alter the appearance and content of the page, and achieve a […]

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  • Top tips for updating old content for SEO

    Publishing regular new content is a hallmark of on-site SEO campaigns, but a joined-up strategy should not ignore the benefits of updating old content for SEO as well. Old content has several advantages when it comes to optimising your search engine performance: It’s there – there’s no need to create it from scratch. You can […]

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  • The Complete Guide to Python for SEO

    Python is an open-source programming language that has become popular among many in the SEO community as a way to automate repetitive tasks, improve technical SEO campaigns and save time without sacrificing results. In this article, we will look at areas where Python can help you in your technical SEO efforts. By the end, you […]

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  • How to overcome technical debt in SEO

    SEO faces many challenges, ranging from daily tweaks to Google’s algorithms and occasional Google core updates, to internal struggles overcoming the usual business bureaucracy and red tape. One of the biggest problems many organisations face is delays in implementing technical SEO tweaks. The responsibility for this often lies with internal IT teams, but they, in […]

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  • How do you tidy .htaccess redirects?

    A .htaccess file is a way to change the configuration of an Apache Web Server to enable or disable the software’s features and functionality – including, crucially for SEO purposes, a way to directly manage your website redirects.By listing website redirects in .htaccess you can ensure that visitors are sent to the best place if […]

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  • Proton partners with SALT.agency

    Proton AG, the company behind the world’s largest encrypted email service, Proton, has partnered with SALT.agency, to provide migration support and technical SEO guidance while it lays the groundworks for future products. Proton is a Swiss-based, end-to-end encrypted email service that boasts more than 20 million users across the globe. Andy Yen, CEO of Proton […]

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  • The ultimate Pure Spam penalty guide

    If you receive a Pure Spam message in Google Search Console, it means Google has detected evidence of ‘black-hat’ SEO techniques on your website.This can include a variety of old SEO techniques that are no longer considered ethical or acceptable, for example: Publishing auto-generated content that reads like gibberish. Publishing large numbers of small, low-quality […]

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